Top 5 HEPA Air Purifiers

1. Austin Air Bedroom Machine

The Austin Bedroom Machine offers you five stages of air filtration. As the first bedroom air filtration product to carry the name and endorsement of the National Sleep Foundation, the "Bedroom Machine" was engineered to meet the filtration requirements set by the John Hopkins University School of Medicine. In comparison to other air purifiers available in the market place, it captures one of the broadest ranges of particles, allergens and chemicals. Designed specifically for the bedroom, the Austin Air Bedroom Machine air purifier combines a medical-grade HEPA filter with a specially blended carbon filter to improve indoor air quality.

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2. IQAir Health Pro Plus Air Purifier

The IQAir HealthPro Plus is ranked by many experts as the most advanced air purifier in the world. Allergy sufferers love the popular IQAir HealthPro air purifiers for their superb filtration of particle allergens and their solid reputation as a preferred choice in residential and commercial air filtration. The large IQAir HyperHEPA filter captures airborne particles down to 0.003 microns with a guaranteed minimum 99.5% efficiency. This means that the IQAir air purifier can remove up to 100 times more allergens than traditional HEPA air purifiers.

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3. Austin Air Allergy Machine Jr.

They call it the Allergy Machine for a good reason. The Austin Air Allergy Machine air cleaner features HEGA (High Efficiency Gas Absorption) filtration. It comes with a medical-grade HEPA filter plus an advanced military carbon cloth filter for absorption of smoke, odors, gases, smog, and fumes. Durable, reliable, lightweight, and easy to maintain, the Allergy Machine air purifier is one of our most popular units to improve indoor air quality. Some allergy sufferers like to think of it as a "Quality of Life" improvement machine.

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4. Blueair Air 403 SmokeStop

Blueair air purifiers are extremely quiet and energy efficient. They do not contain conventional HEPA filters, but their HEPASilent filters can actually outperform HEPA filters. HEPA filters capture 99.97% of all particles 0.3 microns or larger, while the Blueair filters capture 99.97% of all particles 0.1 microns or larger. Blueair has an optional filter upgrade for smoke particles and odor. The Blueair 403 SmokeStop is one of our best for dealing with smoke. If you want a top-notch air purifier with a sleek design and whisper-quiet performance, then the Blueair air purifier is for you.

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5. Honeywell 50250

Honeywell air cleaners offer allergy and asthma relief at an affordable price. Compact, lightweight, and quiet, these HEPA air purifiers remove pollen, cat dander, dust, mold spores, some odors, germs, and other indoor air particles with a long-lasting True HEPA filter and an activated carbon pre-filter. The most popular Honeywell, by far, is the Honeywell 50250. With the largest covereage are of any Honeywell, the 50250 is compact, lightweight and easy to move. Regardless of the size of your room, there is a Honeywell air purifier to meet your air filtration needs.

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Doctors Recommend HEPA Air Purifiers

Doctors recommend HEPA air purifiers or air cleaners for allergy sufferers. Air purifiers for allergies rely on HEPA filter technology to safely and effectively trap airborne allergens and other pollutants. HEPA filters are guaranteed to trap 99.97% of household allergens. HEPA technology is reliable, safe, and effective.

In fact, in a 2009 report on infection control measures for healthcare settings, the Center for Disease Control recommended that medical facilities use HEPA air purifiers to reduce the chance of the flu spreading and being passed on to others. This goes hand-in-hand with other prevention methods used by hospitals and clinics. HEPA filters improve indoor air quality dramatically by removing 99.97% of airborne pollutants from the air. HEPA air purifiers are another one level of protection against contagious and potentially deadly diseases.

Air Cleaners to Avoid

Do not waste your money on ozone generators or ionic air cleaners. They not only do a poor job of cleaning the air, but many also emit ozone which is a powerful lung irritant that can damage the respiratory system and cause allergies and asthma.

Due to untruthful marketing and a cheap price tag, the ionic air cleaner became enormously popular during the 1990s and the early part of the new millennium. Thanks to a couple of high-profile lawsuits that exposed the truth about ionic air cleaners, people stopped buying them. As it turns out, the ionic air cleaner actually pollutes the air.

In 2002, Consumer Reports tested the Sharper Image Ionic Breeze Quadra air cleaner alongside several other air purifiers. Sharper Image was unhappy with the published results, so they sued Consumer Reports. Consumer Reports won the case because their test methods were deemed scientifically valid.